Category: Sports

Arthur Mola/Invision/APThe Dallas Mavericks reportedly are not looking toward two high-profile names as they search for their next general manager after parting ways with Donnie Nelson.According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Dallas is “not pursuing” Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri or former Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny…

AP Photo/David ZalubowskiBrooklyn Nets assistant coach Ime Udoka is “believed to be at the top” of the Boston Celtics’ list of candidates for their head-coaching vacancy, according to the New York Times’ Marc Stein.Udoka spent seven seasons in the NBA as a player. He subsequently moved into coaching, working as an assistant for the San Antonio Spurs…

AP Photo/John PetersonThe College Baseball World Series rolled on in Omaha on Tuesday, with two games on the docket in Bracket 2. Below, we’ll review the scores and key moments from the day’s action. For the updated bracket, be sure to check out NCAA.com.ScoresTexas def. Tennessee, 8-4Mississippi State vs. Virginia, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2RecapThe Longhorns…

AP Photo/Adam HungerUniversity of Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has suspended incoming first-year wideout Keithron Lee after he was arrested and jailed on an assault charge in Bryan, Texas, per Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman.“We’re aware of the situation with Keithron Lee,” Sarkisian said in a statement Tuesday (h/t Taylor Estes of Horns247). “We…

AP Photo/Adrian KrausBuffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley isn’t walking back comments he made about the COVID-19 vaccine.”I don’t want to be any more of a distraction to my team so that’s where I’m leaving it,” he said to the Star-Telegram’s Stefan Stevenson. “Something needed to be said, so I said it. I don’t regret…

AP Photo/Matt SlocumGiannis Antetokounmpo has nothing but respect for his counterpart ahead of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks.”He is an amazing player,” Antetokounmpo said Tuesday of Trae Young, per ESPN’s Malika Andrews. “What he can do for his size…it’s unbelievable. What he’s done in a three-year span is unbelievable.…

Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesBrooks Koepka doesn’t expect his budding feud with Bryson DeChambeau to settle down anytime soon.During a Tuesday appearance on SportsCenter, the PGA Tour star said he’s gotten the better of DeChambeau so far and that the rivalry is good for the sport. He also said that DeChambeau is the one who caused the…

AP Photo/Michael ConroyIowa star Luka Garza has officially measured in at 6’11¼” with shoes on at the 2021 NBA Draft Combine. Per NBA.com, Garza weighed in at 242.8 pounds with a standing reach of 8’11½”. His hands measured in at 9″ long and 9¼” wide. Garza’s weight on Tuesday was significantly lower than what he played at for…

KTM scored just two top five results from the first five races in a difficult start to its 2021 campaign, with the marque nowhere near the form which took it to three races win in 2020. However, the introduction of a new chassis for the Italian Grand Prix suddenly propelled KTM back to the front…

As the shortest of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s ‘endurance’ races, the race doesn’t always entail a team running a third driver, and even Rossi himself wasn’t expecting a call-up. However, Rossi, who joined the team’s full-timers Ricky Taylor and Filip Albuquerque, along with Helio Castroneves, in winning the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, said…